The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-10-01

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JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 1, 1914.
NO. 1(3.
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE.
.Miss Lillian Johnson, owner of Hill-
crest farm, near Cambridge, this state,
fs trying an experiment which may
make it unnecessary in the future for
the state prison binding twine plant
to send all the way to <jBR Philippine
islands for its raw material. She
planted about an acre of hemp this
year, believing it could be grown
successfully oh her farm. Samples of
the matured hemp plant, brought to
St. Paul by John A. Stoneburg of
Cambridge, are on exhibition and indicate the experiment was a success.
The stalks are nearly eleven feet in
height and perfectly developed.
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Potato rates from Minnesota to
points in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
will bo the subject of a hearing before Examiner Dow of the interstate
commerce commission, Oct. 14, in St.
Paul. The tariffs on potatoes on all
the roads of the Northwest have been
the cause of disputes with shippers
for several years, complaints having
been brought especially against the
Great Northern and the St. Paul.
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Sixty per cent of the insane persons
conlSned in Minnesota hospitals and
asylums are foreign born, according
to the state board of control. The
male admissions total 58.5 per cent.
This is explained by board members
as due to the fact that Minnesota is
a comparatively new state and in such
the males always outnumber the females. The average age of the insane is about forty years.
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Minnesota will observe Priday,
Oct. 9, as Fire Prevention day, and
in many public places and private
concerns special attention will be
called that day to the waste that
comes from carelessness in permitting
fire hazards to exist. Governor A.
O. Eberhart has issued a proclamation naming the special day.
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Warden Henry Wolfer will relinquish his position with the state prison Oct. 10, following the session of
the National Prison congress, which
will meet at St. Paul Oct. 3 to 8. The
warden will deliver an address before
the congress on Oct. 6. On that date
the congress will hold a session at
the state prison.
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Matnie Shanahan, twenty years old,
worth $20,000 and heir to $60,000, who
disappeared from Blue Earth county
this state, July 29, was found at Mason City, la., by Sara Maynard, a reporter for a Mason City paper. Two
hundred dollars reward had been offered by the girl's uncle, Michael
Tweit.
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All state funds in country banks
will be withdrawn in accordance with
notices sent out by the state board
of deposits. These funds are in 400
banks and total $1,437,000. The money
must be returned to the state by
' Oct. 23. It will be used for the apportionment of the general school
fund.
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Governor Eberhart has issued a
proclamation designating Wednesday,
Oct. 28, as State Forests day, to be
observed in every public school with
appropriate exercises and discussions
upon the subject of state forests in
their relation to the public well being.
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Mystery shrouds the killing of Jesse
Johannsen, St. Paul clerk, whose body
was found sitting upright in a gutter
with a bullet wound in the abdomen.
There was every indication that the
man had been murdered. No revolver
was found and there were no powder
marks on the clothing.
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The premiums collected in Minnesota in 1913 by old line life insurance
companies increased $1,284,504 over
1912, according to the forty-third annual report of J. A. O. Preus, insurance commissioner. The collections
last year totaled $10,093,481.
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6 R. M. Knight of Minneapolis, crippled in a railroad accident and unable
to walk except on crutches, rescued
his four-year-old son Clifford and
nine-year-old daughter Ethel from a
fire that came near costing all their
lives.
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Mrs. Mary Jane O'Brien, seventy-
eight > ears old, is dead at St. Paul.
Mrs. O'Brien was born in New York,
came to .Minnesota in 1857 and has
made her home in St. Paul since
that time.
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Growth of the swine industry in
the Northwest is conspicuously attested by the receipts at the South
St. Paul market, which passed the
1,000,000 mark for the year on Sept.
25.
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.Ole Enger, sixty-four years old. a
veteran employe of the Great Northern railway in South Crookston,
choked to death on a quarter of an
apple.
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A net increase of 260 students in
the registration of the University of
Minnesota is shown by this year's
enrollment.
John Leeb is making a
foundation for a new barn
on his lot east of John Grell's.
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE.
The state tax levy of 4.75 mills
fixed by Samuel G. Iverson, state auditor, on a taxable valuation of real
and personal property of $1,495,000,-
000, will produce about $7,1000,000 for
maintaining the state the ensuing
year.
This sum will be credited to the
following funds:
State revenue     $2,995,000
Soldiers' relief      150,000
Road  and bridge      1,495,000
Prison  buildings         300,000
National   guard   armories...       70,000
Educational  buildings         210,000
Historical society building..       15,000
Itasca state park land           30,000
State one mill school tax....  1,495,000
State university support....     340,000
Total    $7,100,000
The valuation last year was $1,369,-
970,000 and the rate 5.03 mills. The
reduction in the tax rate this year is
.28 mill, making about $210,000.
Additions caused by the new basis
of assessment fixed by the 1913 legislature added about $125,000,000 to the
taxable value of real and personal
property over last year. The 1913
legislature levied a revenue fund tax
of $3,100,000 for each year of 1913 and
1914 and fixed a minimum rate of
2.3 mills. This included two-tenths
mill for the retirement of certificates
of indebtedness on the capitol. The
capitol certificates have all been paid,
which enabled the state to cut off this
fraction of a mill and the increased
valuation allowed another one-tenth
of a mill. The revenue fund levy is
therefore made 2 mills.
COLONEL   CORRISTON   DEAD
Former Minneapolis Police Chief a
Victim of Cancer.
Colonel Frank T. Corriston of Minneapolis, who underwent the radium
treatment for cancer of the throat recently, has succumbed to that malady at his home in the Mill City.
Less than two months ago Colonel
Corriston consulted half a dozen specialists, including the Doctors Mayo
at Rochester, asking that an operation
be performed on his throat no matter
what the consequences might be. All
the doctors refused.
As a last resort Mr. Corriston went
to Baltimore to undergo treatment in
the sanitarium of Dr. Howard Kelly.
This was unsuccessful.
He had been chief of police in Minneapolis and was one of the best
known lawyers of the city. He had
held every office in the Minnesota national guard except that of commander-in-chief.
DULUTH   SHERIFF  INDICTED
Deputy and Jailer Are Also Charged
With   Fraud.
Sheriff John R. Meining of St.
Louis county, Deputy Sheriff Edward
Schubisky and County Jailer Joseph
W. Allen must stand trial on criminal
charges preferred by the grand jury.
Meining is accused in four indictments of fraudulently presenting
claims to the county commissioners;
Schubisky is charged in five indictments with falsifying public records,
and Allen, in five indictments, is alleged to have committed the same
offense.
The charge against Sheriff Meining
covers a period extending from Dec.
2, 1912, until July 1, 1913.
AUTO  CRASHES  INTO  TRAIN
One Farmer Dead and Another Probably   Fatally  Injured.
Henry Lindgren, aged thirty years,
was killed and Theodore Linn, same
age, was probably fatally injured when
the automobile in which they were
riding ran into a Northern Pacific
freight train on the N'ew Brighton
road about two miles north of the St.
Paul city limits.
Lindgren and Lunn, farmers living
at Chisago City, were on their way to
St. Paul at the time of the accident.
Lindgren was instantly killed.
Linn's jaw and skull were fractured
and he was injured internally. Gasoline from the automobile exploded and
the car was burned.
M'ALPINE   INSURANCE   VOID
Widow of Duluth Man Loses Suit to
Recover   $50,000.
Mrs. Sarah K. McAlpine. widow of
John McAlpine, wealthy Duluth man
who was found in the basement of his
home the morning of Aug. 15, 1913,
mysteriously shot to death, cannot
recover on a $50,000 accident Insurance policy issued to him by the Fidelity and Casualty company.
The district court jury which has
been hearing the trial for three weeks
returned a verdict iu favor of the
:ompany after three hours' deliberation.      	
The nimrods were out in
force last Suuday but their
bags were small. They say
that there is game but that
it is all so wild that om-
can't get near enough to get
a good shot.
If this tine weather could only
be induced to stay witli us for
two months more. What a
poach ol' a fall wo   would   have-
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE
The keynote speech of Winfield 8.
Hammond, Democratic candidate for
governor, which, was given before
an immense crowd in the Red Wing
opera house, was featured by a challenge to his opponent to make more
specific his charges that tho brewers and other special interests control politics in Minnesota.
If the charge is true, said Mr. Hammond, it is a serious charge against
Mr. Lee's own party, which has had
all but two governors during the last
two decades, all other state offices
and control of both branches of the
legislature. Mr. Hammond discussed
founty option at some length, making
it plain that he would not veto this
or any other measure that had been'
before the-public for general discussion. He urged extension of the nonpartisan primary to state officers, approved the general plan for reorganization of state departments proposed
by the efficiency and economy commission, declared that increases in
state taxes must stop and advocated
a policy of establishing state forests
and developing state lands.
WILL  REMAIN  IN   CAMPAIGN
Hugh T. Halbert Denies Any Intention of Withdrawing.
Hugh T. Halbert of St. Paul, the
Progressive candidate for governor
of Minnesota, vigorously denies a report that he would withdraw from the
race in favor of William E. Lee.
"I have not been in St. Paul for
more than four working days since
the middle of July, having had to devote my entire time and attention to
my land interests," he said. "War
conditions  made  this  imperative.
"I shall devote one more week to
closing up my personal matters and
them shall give an entire month to
fhe campaign.
"New live, vital issues will be presented and the campaign will be conducted with the utmost vigor.
"The required number of signatures
to my petition have been obtained a
long time since. It is not necessary
to file the petitions until Oct. 3. The
petitions with 2,500 signatures will
be  filed on that date."
SUCCEEDS  PRINCE WILLIAM
Abdul Hamid's Son Is Made Ruler of
Albania.
London, Sept. 29.—A dispatch to
the Central News from Rome says
that a message received there from
Durazzo, Albania, announces that the
Albanian senate has elected Prince
Burhan-Edin. son of the former sultan, Abdul Hamid, prince of Albania,
in succession to Prince William of
Wied, who left his kingdom some
days ago and subsequently renounced
his throne, retiring to Switzerland.
Detained in Canada,
Tony Wolke and wife arrived
from Tribune, Canada last Saturday and will hencetorth make
their home in Pierz.
Because Tony was in possession of a gun, and under suspicion of being' a German subject
and preparing to return to the
fatherland to fight against England, he was detained two weeks
by the Canadian authorities.
Tretter-Held.
Geo. G. Tretter, son of John
Tretter, and Anna Held were
married in Lastrup last Tuesday
morning. Emma Tretter and
Frances Sontag were bridesmaids; Frank Tretter and Geo-
Held were groomsmen. The
wedding was celebrated at the
bride's tome in Buh.
Catching Rats in A Barrel.
Put 7 inches of water in a barrel and seta brick on end in the
center. Cover the top of the
barrel with a sheet of stout
paper and fasten it securely
with a hoop or string', then
spread several pieces of bacon
rinds on the paper and give the
rats a feast. After a few free
lunches have established the
popularity of this place, cut
some slits in the paper through
which a rat can fall. The tirst
rat that goes through will
crawl on the brick and set up a
squealing" that others will quickly follow. It is said that in one
factory 300 rats were caught in
a single night by this device.—
Farm and Home.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
GOES UP IN
SMOKE SUNDAY.
ADDITIONAL
(From The Transcript.)
Helge Lilga, aged 17, of
Flensburg, died Friday at St.
Gabriels hospital in this city
from acute intestinal obstruction.
Joseph Paquin, Sr., died September 24th at his home in Belle
Prairie from cancer of the stomach. He was 76 years of age,
having been born September
24th, 1838, at Anoka. The funeral   was   held   at Belle Prairie
Saturday.
Saturday evening  Gilbert 01-
Two men were   killed   and   a | son celebrated his  birthday and
LOCAL NEWS.
Last    Sunday    afternoon   at      A good yield of clover seed
three o'clock fire destroyed Pet-   {h.ig year.
er Tretter's new   clover   huller
and four of Jos. Ethen's stack's
of grain, at Jos. Ethen's place.
How the lire started is not
known. So far as is known no
one had been near the machine
since Saturday evening: and the
tire in the boiler was then low.
Mr. Ethen had S.300. insurance
on the grain, but Mr. Tretter
had no insurance on his machine.
West Buh News.
third fatally injured when the
Soo Winnipeg' Flyer struck them
about one mile east of Sedan.
They had started to tramp to
Brooten, following' the Soo
tracks and when one mile east
of Sedan, lay down to rest,
placing their coats for pillows
on the end of the ties, their feet
stretching from the rails. All
three fell fast asleep and the
Winnipeg flyer struck them, it
is supposed as they raised up to
scramble away.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pedley, wife
of William Pedley, died at 1:40
Tuesday morning at her home
a short distance east of the city,
from hemorrhage of the brain.
She was 78 years of age, having
Tony Januna's colt won
blue ribbon at the   Fair.
The village authorities
will soon install water meters.
Mrs. Andrew Faust    was a
county seat caller   last    [Saturday.
A four months old infant
of Jos. Dalnnen died last
Monday.
How is it that the roads
are not dragged, according
to the new law.
Geo. Deis of St. Cloud was
here Tuesday visiting his
sister Mrs. Henry Paul.
everyone  enjoyed a very pleasant time as they were very much
surprised   at being guests  at a
quiet but  very pretty wedding.
None of the guests suspected a
wedding,   until   the    little   ring,
bearer marched into  the  room, j     The new    village    well    is
followed bythebridal procession, i QQW dowu about halfway   or
Everyone   concerned   was   very I   ^j. thirty.two   fer(
happy,all joined m wishing them
a happy and thorn-free journey j Theo. Thielen and wife
through the rose strewn path of were Little Fails Fair visit-
life' ors last Friday.
Mrs. Charlie Johnson visited
at H. Wieland's Friday. Mrs.
Johnson is going" home for a two
weeks visit soon.
Gagnon's auction was quite
well attended in spite of the
rain. Several ladies were present.
Paul Filer   of  Greenwald
autoed to Pierz last   Sunday.
to call on his  parents.
Herman Vonderhaar of
Ladysinith, Wis., visited his
mother and other relatives in
Pierz over Sunday.
Ruth andArnoldGoodlund left;
The picnic held   in  Platte
been born May 5, 1836,   and had j last   Monday   for   Minneapolis , last Monday for   the   benefit
lived in Morrison county for the I *or a weeks visit  before return-  of the church was a   success.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Vondenhoevel, Satur-
at the age of lb and living for! Holmstrom and Clarence. Mrs. day, Sept 26th., a daughter,
about three years at Cleveland, I Holmstrom remained in Little
Ohio, where she was married] Falls,-as the guest of Mrs. Mog-
in  1855  and  came  to Morrison
iing to their home in Washing-
59 years, coming to this country I „_ .   ,
!ton. I hey were accompanied
from England wit    her  parents'       ,-.„.  M   Little F;ills by Mrs
M AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday til   37 above
Friday    65   82 above
Saturday    76 45 al
Sunday 7- 50 above
Monday    76 57 above
Tuesday 70 ...     89 above
Wednesday ._  74 43 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature   for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Sep 2J6-.-.45.1. 37 above
" " 26...^e8    .32 above
" " 27....70... 36 above
" " 28 ... 65.. 43 above
" " 29      .65 -.4-2 above
" " 30... 70.__46above
" Oct      1 70...47above
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,         95
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,         L.27
lein.
county the same year. She had
for many years been a member
of the Congregational church.
Over 4,000 persons were admitted to the Morrison county
fair grounds Friday between the
time the grounds were opened
in the morning and closing- time
at night. This not only establishes a record for attendance
at the county fair, but exceeds
the total attendance of last year
by more than 500. The total
receipts Friday were $557.55.
The attendance Friday included
3,669 paid admissions, 1,969 of
which were adults and 1,700
children. Three hundred season tickets have been sold and
100 children from the St. Otto's
orphanage were admitted free,
making the exact total attendance 4,069.
As the result of a feud between Christian Heintz, a farmer living in the district of Overton, about 35 miles from Emerson, and Alex Dawlishak, the
15-year old son of a neighbor,
the former is dead and the boy
is under arrest, charged with
lulling him. Heintz, a few (.lays
ago, gave the boy a whipping
for allowing his father's cattle
to graze on Heint'z land. This
Dawlishak resented and swore
vengeance. On Saturday Heintz
had occasion to go to the village and on his return was waylaid by the boy who had ambuscaded with a supply of stones,
one of which caught Heintz on
the temple and   killed   him.
Many from this way attended
the funeral of Alfred Swanson
last Thursday.
After a visit with her parents, Miss Clara Vierk returned to Minneapolis last
week.
Barley..   ..     45
Rye       76
Oats      88
Ear Corn      60
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery ..       85
Dairy       20
Eggs     20
Flour, Best      3.20
"    Straight      3.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran  	
Shorts   l.lo
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1. in
Ground Feed      1.10
Potatoes        28
Beans ..      2.00
Onions        60
There   were   several    visitors
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price,
Thursday   8.16
Priday   8.16
Saturday   ...
Many people of the village
aud     surrounding     country
at Gagnon's Sunday to bid them llook in the county    fair   last ^nday" ..... _"____"
good-bye.    Among   them   were: .week. Tuesday	
Mr.   and   Mrs.' Smith, Mr. and       Th(J     nia ,-,ia ,,-e     of   John j Wednesday	
Stangl and Anna Meyer was
Mrs.    Harvev   Ploof,    Mr.   aud
Mrs. Medox Derosier, MissSher-
merhorn and Mr. arid Mrs. H. announced  in   church   Sun-
Wieland. day.
Mrs. Wullner   who   had   been I      Mrs.  Ed.    Benfield    visited
visiting  at   Muncy's   returned j ]ier Bfeter, Mrs. Mike Leese a 1
home Sunday. JjUtle   Falls during the Fair
Geo.   Swanson has rented the   days.
Gagnon place.
J.   Ross,   brother to   Mrs.
Mr. and  Mrs. Christ Johnson  J()S   preimeaberger    ^turned
and   family    were   Little   Falls  ,    , .     , .       ,,     .      ,.   , ,
. .,       .-, . , to Ins   home   in    Springfield,
visitors Friday. '        fe
Minn., last Monday.
Harvey Olson came here from
Kail Prairie last Saturday for a!      Mrs. Jos.   H.    Virnig    and
visit. children spent Saturday  and
a portion of Sunday    at   the
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.88
Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to -.6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to  9.75
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.30 to 7OU
Little Falls callers Saturday
were: Mr. and Mrs. G. Olson
and family, Walter and Eleonor
Wieland, Mrs. Maurice Johnson,
Geo. Swanson, Miss Hilda Hanson and Mr. Mitchell.
Weddings are popular here.
We are listening for some more
wedding bells soon.
The frost we had last week-
did not seem to do much damage
for which we are thankful.
county seat.
John Rassier   and wife  of
Little Falls were the guests
of Mi;, and Mrs. Hubert Bares last Sunday.
Buttermaker Bayer and
family moved into Mrs. An-
glemeier's house in lower
town last week.
At the Columbia   Hotel   a
Mr and Mrs- Adolpli Gannon   potato of 2 1-4 pounds  is  on
have   left  for   Hriska, X. Dak.,   exhibition.     Joseph      Boser.
where  he will  open a pool  hall   who lives on 1 he Kaintz place
and lunch   counter.    They  wore   iu Bu], [a the grower.
accompanied   by Mr.   and   Mrs
Harvey Ploof. It is    rumored    that
_  ,        .... ,     ,        ,   TT Barbara      Weidenbach
Walter   Wieland    and    Henry
Olson have lured out to Mr.Kid
Frances Kastanek will
Miss
and
open
Road-Dragging Neglected.
With all the Inducements and
provisions that have been made
for using drags on the roads
throughout the country and the
well known value of keeping up
the highways in that v\ay it
would seem that work along
this system would have b
pushed with energy, but not so,
the dragging has has not I
done to any extent what'
generally, and the result is that
the roads are by no means what
they could and should be. Putting off this work' until such
time as there is nothing else to
do and neglected to do it at the
time it is absolutely ne.
will never build or keep up the
roads. Dragging will have to
be pushed along more than it
ha- been in order to Ik; of practical benefit.—Litchfield Ledger.
Ion for a time,   as his   crew left a dressmaking  shop    in    the
shop,
him.
Miss Viola Muncy is suffering
from an attack of appendicitis.
rooms over the barber
in the near   future.
Joseph H. Grell. Math and
Nick  Thommes   and    Frank
John Kunza, proprietor of the
saloon in the Sauer building  on
Sixth avenue north,   St.  Cloud,
.was    arraigned     in    municipal
,   .,     ? ■        , i   Hahns were visitors at the \\ io-   m Mr. Grell s auto last   Sun
! court  Monday  morning charged
Mr. and  Mrs. G. Olson. Hilda
Hanson. H. Olson and Mrs. Wm.   Macho made a 158 miles   trip
with   the   sale   of    intoxicating
Mrs. Valentine Schraut
took Tuesday morning's stage
for Little Falls.
land home Sunday.
day.  They   made   the   towns
liquors in the restaurant at   the      Say, Platte, don't worrv about  ot/St    Cloud'    °°ld    Sl"
rear of his saloon Sunday even-   those apples: this time they land-   Kichmond and lc- the
ed to the right party. trip.
ing and fined $25 and costs.
Talk About Despotism,
The czar of Russia has a ne
paper all his own.     It i-
ially   printed   each  morning for
nperor of all til jians
and his secretary.     This official
paper    is    the   most    exch:
apaper in the world. It is
strictly limited in its circula-
to two copies printed and pre
sents a striking' contrast with
the papers whose circulation
app the million mark.
There Will Be a Dance at Faust's Hall, on Tuesday Evening, October 6tn, 1914.